I'm not going to cry all the time

我可不想哭喊个没完没了

nor shall I laugh all the time

我也不会整日狂笑个没完没了，

I don't prefer one "strain" to another

我不会喜欢一种“过劳”胜过另一种，

I'd have the immediacy of a bad movie

我已具有一种对劣质影片的直接反映，

not just a sleeper but also the big

不仅仅是一部爆冷门的，而且是大受欢迎的，

over-produced first-run kind. I want to be

超额产出的首轮放映的那种。我想要的是

at least as alive as the vulgar. And if

至少像一个俗人那样活着。而如果

some aficionado of my mess says "That's

有人崇拜我的狼狈样，说“那样就

not like Frank!" all to the god! I

不像弗兰克了！”，我的天呀！我

don't wear brown and grey suits all the time

不会总穿着棕色和灰色的套装没完没了，

do I? No I wear workshirts to the opera

我会吗？不会，我会穿工作服去看歌剧，

often. I want my feet to be bare

经常的。我想要我的双脚赤裸，

I want my face to be shaven and my heart--

我想要我的脸刮得干净，而我的心——

you can't plan on the heart but

你可不能算计这颗心，但是

the better part of it my poetry is open.

它最好的那个部分，我的诗，是敞开的。